Alireza Moradi
Alireza Moradi
علیرضا مرادی
Male
No
Alive
Latest military rank: Colonel
15 Apr 2024
- Deputy commander of criminal investigation police, Kurdistan Province (2016 - 2 Dec 2018)
- Police Commander , Sanandaj (2 Dec 2018 - 23 Nov 2023)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 2022 - December 2023) read more
- Institution
- The Police (NAJA)
- Location
- Sanandaj (Kurdistan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life
- Description
- Alireza Moradi as the Police Commander of Sanandaj and the memeber of the City Security Council, was responsible for the mass arrest of protesters and issuing orders to use lethal weapons against the protesters during the 2022- 2023 protests in this citiy.
The 2022-23 protests began following the death of Mahsa (Gina) Amini on September 13, 2022, in the detention of the morality police of the Islamic Republic.
These protests quickly spread across the country and are remembered as the largest revolutionary uprising against the government since the establishment of the Islamic Republic.
The Iranian government responded to these protests with deadly violence. According to human rights organizations, the security forces of the Islamic Republic have killed at least 551 people, with a minimum of 68 of them being children.
- Sources
- Amnesty International warns about the widespread dimensions of the ongoing repression of protesters in Sanandaj in Kurdistan province https://twitter.com/AmnestyIran/status/1579554334991257600 Video - Islamic Republic agents shooting at protesters Video - Islamic Republic agents shooting at protesters Video - Islamic Republic agents shooting at protesters Video - Islamic Republic agents shooting at protesters
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more
- Institution
- The Police (NAJA)
- Location
- Sanandaj
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life
- Description
- Moradi, as police commander of the city of Sanandaj, and a member of City Security Council is directly responsible for the mass arrest of protesters and ordering the use of deadly weapons against unarmed protesters during the November 2019 nationwide protests in this City, which resulted in the death of at least 2 protesters. The nationwide protests of 2019, known as the protests of November 2019, were a series of large-scale popular demonstrations against the Iranian government, which began on November 15, 2019 in protest of the tripling of gasoline prices and quickly turned into anti-government protests that spread to 29 provinces in more than 100 cities across the country. The protests were brutally suppressed by the security and military forces. According to Reuters at least 1500 protesters were killed. Amnesty International, revealed the identity of 324 protesters killed by the security forces including at least 23 children.
- Sources
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 2022 - December 2023) read more
These violations may only be part of the human rights violations that this person has been involved in. The investigation into this person's human rights record is ongoing.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury, on November 23, 2022, sanctioned Alireza Moradi for his involvement in suppressing the peaceful protests of 1401. Under these sanctions, all of Moradi's assets in the United States are frozen, and individuals and companies dealing with him will face sanctions.
November 14, 2022
Furthermore, the European Union and the United Kingdom, on November 14, 2022, sanctioned Alireza Moradi for his role in the violent suppression of protesters during the 1401 revolutionary uprising. Under these sanctions, all assets belonging to Moradi are frozen, and individuals and companies are prohibited from engaging in any transactions with him, and he will be denied entry to EU member countries.